Systematic review and meta-analysis of cancer risks in relation to environmental waste incinerator emissions: a meta-analysis of case-control and cohort studies [PDF]
Epidemiology and Health, 2022 OBJECTIVES Various toxic substances can be generated from incinerators, exposing nearby residents, and epidemiological studies have shown wide variations in risk estimates for cancer risk in populations living close to incinerators. METHODS Following the
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Innovating thermal treatment of municipal solid waste (MSW): Socio-technical change linking expectations and representations [PDF]
, 2017 This paper combines two theoretical perspectives: future technological expectations mobilising resources; and social representations assimilating new ideas through anchoring onto familiar frames of reference.
Berti, Les Levidow, Levidow, Paul Upham
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Medical waste: the dark side of healthcare [PDF]
História, Ciências, Saúde: ManguinhosHospitals and other health facilities generate an ever-increasing amount of waste, approximately 15% of which may be infectious, toxic, or radioactive. The World Health Organization has been addressing the issue since the 1980s.
Iris Borowy
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Mokslas: Lietuvos Ateitis, 2017 In recent years, along with the global development of the Circular Economy concept and in order to minimise the quantity of waste disposed, waste recovery and reuse of recovered materials as raw materials in various industries while preserving the ...
Milda Pundinaitė-Barsteigienė +3 more
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Risks, alternative knowledge strategies and democratic legitimacy: the conflict over co-incineration of hazardous industrial waste in Portugal. [PDF]
, 2011 The decision to incinerate hazardous industrial waste in cement plants (the socalled ‘co-incineration’ process) gave rise to one of the most heated environmental conflicts ever to take place in Portugal. The bitterest period was between 1997 and 2002,
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Agriculture, 2019 The objective of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of reutilizing phosphorus (P) recovered as struvite from swine wastewater as an alternative to commercial P sources in broiler feed.
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The precautions of clinical waste: disposable medical sharps in the United Kingdom [PDF]
, 2009 This article deals with recent changes in UK guidance on clinical waste, in particular a shift to disposable, single-use instruments and sharps. I use interviews conducted with nurses from a GP practice and two clinical waste managers at alternative ...
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Municipal Solid Waste Incineration (MSWI) Ashes as Construction Materials—A Review
Materials, 2020 Over the past decades, extensive studies on municipal solid waste incineration (MSWI) ashes have been performed to develop more effective recycling and waste management programs.
B. Cho, B. Nam, Jinwoo An, Heejung Youn
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Distribution of minor metallic elements within waste incineration bottom ashes defined by WDX/EDX spectrometry [PDF]
, 2018 A number of metallic elements are inherited from waste during thermal treatment and concentrated in the incineration residues. Because the major part of the incineration residue mass are bottom ashes (BAs), their study is of great importance from the ...
Kasina, Monika +2 more
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